Plant for birds

Native plants for backyard birds

96 native plants, each matched to the states and provinces where it grows wild and the birds there that eat its fruit, seed, nectar or insects.

Trees

Native in 22 states/provinces · fruit and berries

Native in 25 states/provinces · conifer seed and cover, insects for nestlings

Prunus serotina

Native in 43 states/provinces · fruit and berries, insects for nestlings

Native in 21 states/provinces · conifer seed and cover

Quercus macrocarpa

Native in 29 states/provinces · acorns and nuts, insects for nestlings

Quercus agrifolia

Native in 1 state/province · acorns and nuts, insects for nestlings

Common hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

Native in 32 states/provinces · fruit and berries, insects for nestlings

Chilopsis linearis

Native in 6 states/provinces · nectar

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Native in 13 states/provinces · conifer seed and cover, insects for nestlings

Eastern hemlock

Tsuga canadensis

Native in 27 states/provinces · conifer seed and cover, insects for nestlings

Eastern red cedar

Juniperus virginiana

Native in 39 states/provinces · fruit and berries, conifer seed and cover

Eastern white cedar

Thuja occidentalis

Native in 1 state/province

Eastern white pine

Native in 32 states/provinces · conifer seed and cover, insects for nestlings

Flowering dogwood

Native in 30 states/provinces · fruit and berries, insects for nestlings

Quercus gambelii

Native in 8 states/provinces · acorns and nuts, insects for nestlings

Quercus virginiana

Native in 10 states/provinces · acorns and nuts, insects for nestlings

Native in 15 states/provinces · conifer seed and cover, insects for nestlings

Sorbus americana

Native in 25 states/provinces · fruit and berries

Native in 6 states/provinces

Oregon white oak

Quercus garryana

Native in 4 states/provinces · acorns and nuts, insects for nestlings

Pacific madrone

Arbutus menziesii

Native in 4 states/provinces · fruit and berries

Parkinsonia florida

Native in 2 states/provinces · seed, insects for nestlings

Betula papyrifera

Native in 32 states/provinces · seed, insects for nestlings

Prunus pensylvanica

Native in 30 states/provinces · fruit and berries

Pinus ponderosa

Native in 17 states/provinces · conifer seed and cover, insects for nestlings

Native in 39 states/provinces · insects for nestlings, seed

Rocky Mountain juniper

Juniperus scopulorum

Native in 16 states/provinces · fruit and berries, conifer seed and cover

Carnegiea gigantea

Native in 2 states/provinces · nectar, fruit and berries

Sassafras albidum

Native in 33 states/provinces · fruit and berries, insects for nestlings

Amelanchier arborea

Native in 39 states/provinces · fruit and berries, insects for nestlings

Amelanchier laevis

Native in 1 state/province

Amelanchier canadensis

Native in 2 states/provinces

Southern magnolia

Magnolia grandiflora

Native in 9 states/provinces · fruit and berries

Native in 34 states/provinces · insects for nestlings, seed

Native in 31 states/provinces · conifer seed and cover, insects for nestlings

Velvet mesquite

Prosopis velutina

Native in 4 states/provinces · seed, insects for nestlings

Native in 37 states/provinces · acorns and nuts, insects for nestlings

Native in 24 states/provinces · conifer seed and cover, insects for nestlings

Shrubs

American beautyberry

Callicarpa americana

Native in 14 states/provinces · fruit and berries

American elderberry

Sambucus canadensis

Native in 44 states/provinces · fruit and berries, insects for nestlings

Arrowwood viburnum

Viburnum dentatum

Native in 31 states/provinces · fruit and berries, insects for nestlings

Morella pensylvanica

Native in 19 states/provinces · fruit and berries

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Native in 37 states/provinces · fruit and berries

Shepherdia argentea

Native in 19 states/provinces · fruit and berries

Prunus virginiana

Native in 55 states/provinces · fruit and berries, insects for nestlings

Justicia californica

Native in 2 states/provinces · nectar

Erythrina herbacea

Native in 9 states/provinces · nectar

Empetrum nigrum

Native in 22 states/provinces · fruit and berries

Betula glandulosa

Native in 27 states/provinces · seed, insects for nestlings

Native in 1 state/province

Native in 21 states/provinces · fruit and berries, nectar

Cornus racemosa

Native in 2 states/provinces

Hackberry (desert)

Native in 3 states/provinces · fruit and berries, insects for nestlings

Highbush cranberry

Viburnum trilobum

Native in 35 states/provinces · fruit and berries

Osteomeles anthyllidifolia

Native in 1 state/province · fruit and berries

Arctostaphylos manzanita

Native in 1 state/province · nectar, fruit and berries

Myoporum sandwicense

Native in 1 state/province · fruit and berries, insects for nestlings

Viburnum lentago

Native in 1 state/province

Fouquieria splendens

Native in 5 states/provinces · nectar

Mahonia aquifolium

Native in 7 states/provinces · fruit and berries, nectar

Vitex rotundifolia

Native in 1 state/province · seed, insects for nestlings

Native in 1 state/province

Opuntia engelmannii

Native in 6 states/provinces · fruit and berries, seed

Ericameria nauseosa

Native in 18 states/provinces · seed, insects for nestlings

Native in 13 states/provinces · nectar

Red-flowering currant

Ribes sanguineum

Native in 5 states/provinces · nectar, fruit and berries

Red-osier dogwood

Native in 45 states/provinces · fruit and berries

Gaultheria shallon

Native in 5 states/provinces · fruit and berries

Rubus spectabilis

Native in 6 states/provinces · fruit and berries, nectar

Native in 1 state/province

Amelanchier spp.

Native in 2 states/provinces

Native in 53 states/provinces · fruit and berries

Lindera benzoin

Native in 35 states/provinces · fruit and berries, insects for nestlings

Native in 30 states/provinces · fruit and berries

Heteromeles arbutifolia

Native in 1 state/province · fruit and berries

Morella cerifera

Native in 16 states/provinces · fruit and berries

Western serviceberry

Amelanchier alnifolia

Native in 23 states/provinces · fruit and berries

Native in 41 states/provinces · insects for nestlings, seed

Ilex verticillata

Native in 36 states/provinces · fruit and berries

Native in 13 states/provinces · fruit and berries

Vines

Trumpet creeper

Campsis radicans

Native in 27 states/provinces · nectar

Trumpet honeysuckle

Lonicera sempervirens

Native in 37 states/provinces · nectar, fruit and berries

Virginia creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Native in 46 states/provinces · fruit and berries

Perennials

Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Native in 56 states/provinces · seed

California fuchsia

Epilobium canum

Native in 7 states/provinces · nectar

Cardinal flower

Lobelia cardinalis

Native in 34 states/provinces · nectar

Common sunflower

Helianthus annuus

Native in 29 states/provinces · seed

Chamaenerion angustifolium

Native in 37 states/provinces · nectar, seed

Little bluestem

Schizachyrium scoparium

Native in 54 states/provinces · seed

New England aster

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

Native in 38 states/provinces · seed, insects for nestlings

Purple coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Native in 27 states/provinces · seed

Rocky Mountain bee plant

Cleome serrulata

Native in 21 states/provinces · seed, nectar

Rocky Mountain penstemon

Penstemon strictus

Native in 7 states/provinces · nectar

Ipomopsis aggregata

Native in 14 states/provinces · nectar

Solidago altissima

Native in 54 states/provinces · seed, insects for nestlings

Monarda fistulosa

Native in 54 states/provinces · nectar, seed